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World Service,3 mins

Remote Activist

Boston Calling

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Amira Mikhail was in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power. Four years later, she's still trying to press for change — but the disappointment of the Egyptian revolution's aftermath means she's doing it from the United States. Photo: Egyptian-American activist Amira Mikhail. Credit: Karim Maghawry

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